Eu FUNDED
(H2020, HorizonEurope)
52
Active Projects
~22 Million Euros
METU Budget
3 ERC, 5 Horizon Europe Consortium Coordinatorships
Other International Funds
34
Active Projects
Coordinatorships (1 COST Action, 1 NATO, 1 Erasmus+), UNESCO, APSCO, British Council, Max Planc Institute, Eumetsat, Euramet, Google Awards ...
National Projects
Extensive Portfolio
Distribution of national projects currently being carried out at our university:
180 TÜBİTAK 254 BAP 327 DSİM 9 TÜSEB 10 Investment
International Projects
Summary information of the projects is listed below.
Updated: April 6, 2026
ENFiber
COST
Name: European Network for Valorizing Food Processing Waste into Sustainable Fibers
Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Halil Mecit Öztop (Dept. of Food Eng.) - Coordinator
Date: 23.09.2025 - 22.09.2029
FAroGels
Horizon Europe
Name: Food-Grade Aerogels for Sustainable Food Systems
Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Halil Mecit Öztop (Dept. of Food Eng.) - Coordinator
Date: In contract phase
REACtOE
Horizon Europe
Name: Reforms and Empowerment for Agri-food Competitiveness and Open Excellence
Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Halil Mecit Öztop (Dept. of Food Eng.) - Coordinator
Date: In contract phase
RADNEXT 2030
Horizon Europe
Name: Accelerators and other Research Infrastructures for Radiation Effects Research
Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Bilge Demirköz (IVMER) - Partner
Date: In contract phase
TOPOCLIM-EWS
Horizon Europe
Name: TOPOCLIM-EWS: Topological Insights for Hydroclimatic Extremes and Early Warnings Signals
Principal Investigator: Dr. İsmail Güzel (Dept. of Statistics) - Principal Investigator
Date: In contract phase
MR-Strokebot
Horizon Europe
Name: MRI-guided Stroke Treatment with Ultrahigh Field-Steerable Robotic Magnetic Catheter
Principal Investigator: Asst. Prof. Dr. Mehmet Efe Tiryaki (ROMER) - Principal Investigator
Date: In contract phase
Fix-APro
Horizon Europe
Name: Fixing Alternative Proteins: Overcoming Key Challenges for Practical Integration into Food Systems
Principal Investigator: Prof. Halil Mecit Öztop (Dept. of Food Engineering) - Coordinator
Date: In contract phase
FARMAR
Horizon Europe
Name: Farmer-in-the-loop heritage-aware AI and Robotic Mechanisation for Agricultural Resilience
Principal Investigator: Assoc. Prof. Ali Emre Turgut (ROMER) - Partner
Date: In contract phase
REMEDIES 5.0
Horizon Europe
Name: Integrated and People-Centred Waterfront Restoration for a Resilient European Blue Economy
Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Barış Salihoğlu (Institute of Marine Sciences) - Partner
Date: In contract phase
BlueMissionDBS2030
Horizon Europe
Name: Supporting Cross-Border Dialogue, Scaling Solutions and Mobilising Finance in the Danube-Black Sea Lighthouse for Mission Ocean 2030
Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Barış Salihoğlu (Institute of Marine Sciences) - Partner
Date: In contract phase
EUROCC3
Horizon Europe
Name: European High-Performance Computing Joint Undertaking 3
Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Hande Toffoli (Dept. of Physics) - Partner
Date: In contract phase
AI4GTech Anatolia
Horizon Europe
Name: European Digital Innovation Hub - AI for Green Transfomation of Automotive and Machinery Industry
Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Hüsnü Dal (BILTIR CENTER) - Coordinator
Date: 03.04.2026 - 03.04.2029
EXPLORA
Horizon Europe
Name: Perception of materials, objects and spaces through active EXPLORAtion
Principal Investigator: Dicle Dövencioğlu (Dept. of Psychology) - Partner
Date: 01.02.2026 - 31.01.2030
EUMaster4HPC-2
Horizon Europe
Name: EUMaster4HPC-2
Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Banu Günel Kılıç (Informatics Institute) - Partner
Date: 01.01.2026 - 31.12.2031
HERITOUR
Horizon Europe
Name: Enhancing collaborative synergies between Cultural HERItage and TOURism
Principal Investigator: Özgün Özçakır (Architecture) - Partner
Date: 01.01.2026 - 31.12.2029
RIVIERADE
Horizon Europe
Name: Improving Modelling Methods to Produce Climate Services for Resillient European Seas and Costs in a Decadal to Multi-Decadal Horizon
Principal Investigator: Bettina Fach Salihoğlu (Institute of Marine Sciences) - Partner
Date: 01.01.2026 - 31.12.2029
GuardAgentS
Horizon Europe
Name: Study of Novel Generation nanobodies for agri-food applications
Principal Investigator: Halil Mecit Öztop (Dept. of Food Engineering) - Partner
Date: 01.11.2025 - 31.10.2029
SOLAR-MOVE
Horizon Europe
Name: SOLAR Photovoltaic to MOVE for Systems Integration
Principal Investigator: Murat Göl (Dept. of Electrical and Electronics Engineering) - Partner
Date: 01.11.2025 - 30.04.2029
APRISE
Horizon Europe
Name: Alternative Proteins Research and Innovation Skills Enhancement
Principal Investigator: Halil Mecit Öztop (Dept. of Food Engineering) - Coordinator
Date: 01.09.2025 - 31.08.2029
NEYSA
Horizon Europe
Name: Nourishing Equity: A-Youth Led Citizien Science Initiative Mapping Food Security Accross Anatolia
Principal Investigator: Halil Mecit Öztop (Dept. of Food Engineering) - Principal Investigator
Date: 16.06.2025 - 16.01.2026
TECH2X
Horizon Europe
Name: Technology for Innovation and Enterpreneurship Excellence
Principal Investigator: Arzu Gönenç Sorguç (Design Factory) - Partner
Date: 01.04.2025 - 30.04.2027
LeAD
Horizon Europe
Name: Leveraging Anaerobic Digestion through environmental stresses
Principal Investigator: Yasemin Dilşad Yılmazel Tokel (Dept. of Environmental Engineering) - Partner
Date: 01.03.2025 - 28.02.2029
SUSA
Horizon Europe
Name: Sustainable Healthcare with Digital Health Data Competence
Principal Investigator: Burçak Otlu (Informatics Institute) - Partner
Date: 01.01.2025 - 31.12.2028
GEPINC
Horizon Europe
Name: Gender Equality Plans for INclusivity: engines of Change
Principal Investigator: Sara Banu Akkaş (Research Coordination Office) - Partner
Date: 01.01.2025 - 31.12.2027
Projects from 2024 and Earlier
You can access the summary information of past projects carried out at our university, supported by the European Union Framework Programmes.
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